Baby Cow leaps from speeding truck in bid for freedom

Eugene Markov captured the moment with his dashboard video camera as the truck hurtled along a motorway.

As the black-coloured calf got closer to the top — it fell — rather heavily on to the tarmac with motorists forced to take evasive action.

Eugene said: "You could see the calf getting closer to the edge but I thought he'd never do it.

"Then all of a sudden it went over the back of the truck and landed on the road. It landed awkwardly and very close to the lorry behind that had to swerve sharply to avoid a collision, but seemed to be alright.

ON THE RUN: The moment when the young calf leapt from the truck [CEN]

“The calf was injured but survived the collision and is receiving medical treatment from livestock veterinary surgeons”

Borislav Shubin, police spokesman

After witnessing the incident in the city of Nizhny Tagil, in central Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast, Eugene pulled over and stopped the driver to let them know what happened.

Police spokesman Borislav Shubin said: "The calf was injured but survived the collision and is receiving medical treatment from livestock veterinary surgeons.

"The truck in question was not designed for livestock transportation and the driver will be questioned about endangering the safety of other road users.

"We will then make a decision about whether to charge him with violating road safety laws."